Seeing that Ferdinand was angry, Lauren Holman spoke: "Your Excellency, I can answer this question to you!" ”

"Oh, then Mr. Lauren will give me a reason!" Ferdinand said angrily

Lauren Holman didn't care about Ferdinand's attitude, and said calmly: "Your Excellency, the railway project has been carried out so far, in fact, we have done a lot of work beyond the railway itself!" ”

"Oh!" Ferdinand let out a sigh of surprise

Lauren Holman continued: "In fact, while we are building railways, we also have to build roads. Of course, due to the underestimation of the geographical conditions at that time, the difficulty of construction was underestimated! All of these circumstances add up to the current labor shortage! ”

Ferdinand understood, his face became normal, and he said calmly, "I understand." What Mr. Lauren meant was that in addition to the railway works, we had added a supporting road network. In addition, is the budget of 10 million pounds also a significant increase? ”

Lauren Holman said very simply: "Yes, Your Excellency! It is estimated that it will increase by about 50%, of course, if it is only a temporary road, the cost can be lower, but it is not cost-effective. ”

Ferdinand knew the situation, and immediately the rain turned clear and said, "Well, okay, I know about it. Thank you, Mr. Lauren, the Bulgarian people will not forget your painstaking efforts! The government will solve this problem as soon as possible, and you can rest assured that the construction will be carried out! ”

"Okay, Your Excellency, this is what I should do. Since there is nothing for me to do here, I still have work to do on the construction site, so I will retire first. It seemed to be seen that Ferdinand's next thing was not suitable for his own participation, and Lauren Holman chose to leave with his leave.

Seeing the three Lauren Holman leave, Ferdinand turned his gaze to Chekov and Konstantin and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Chekov shook his head and said no.

Konstantin thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we buy black slaves!" There are some ethical issues, but as long as you can guarantee the smooth completion of the railway project, it is worth it! ”

Ferdinand rolled his eyes and said in his heart: It's a completely bad idea, what age are you still buying black slaves, is this the national problem of idle Bulgaria too simple? Just by looking at the color of the skin, you can know that there is no way to assimilate after a hundred years.

As if sensing that something was wrong, Konstantin said, "Oh, this doesn't seem to work, the price of black slaves is too high!" ”

Ferdinand almost burst out laughing, you know the money together!

After half a ring, Ferdinand cleared up his thoughts and said: "Since we are short of Bulgarian labor, let's set our sights abroad!" You can introduce it to our neighbors, and if it's not enough, you can go to the most populous countries in the world to find it! But two principles must be ensured: first-nationalists cannot want it, second-fanatical religiousism cannot be wanted! ”

As Chekov and Konstantin reacted, now that Bulgarian factories have sprung up, and the government is investing heavily in infrastructure construction, there is naturally a shortage of labor in the country, and even the wages of workers have increased a lot.

But other countries have ah, the Balkan countries are not very populous, and the idle labor force is not estimated to be much, but the rest of the world is very much.

The distant Manchu Qing Dynasty is not too far away, except for Ferdinand's estimate, it is estimated that few people will think that there are the best workers there.

In Eastern Europe alone, the labor force of Russia and Austria-Hungary was greatly affluent. Every year hundreds of thousands of people are lost, immigrants go to the Americas, and it is enough for half of them to come to Bulgaria.

At this time, Ferdinand thought of a way to increase the population, and said happily: "By the way, Chekov, your Ministry of Education is busy again, and we still need a group of language teachers." ”

"The basic wage for migrant workers is set at a higher rate than for domestic workers, and if they learn Bulgarian, they will increase a little, and if they are willing to join Bulgaria, then they will be the same as domestic workers."

Chekov asked curiously: "Your Excellency, isn't this an increase in expenses, and if the later project is completed, if they regret it and leave Bulgaria again, won't we be working in vain?" ”

Konstantin had the same expression, clearly not understanding Ferdinand's advice.

Ferdinand smiled and said, "I don't plan on letting them all stay, someone will definitely leave." However, the current economic situation of Bulgaria, although it is not as good as that of Western Europe, is better than that of our neighbors! ”

"Moreover, our construction can be completed in a short period of time. For at least the next 10 years, we will have to face a shortage of labor, and if they stay in Bulgaria for a few years, many will choose to stay! ”

Konstantin suddenly remembered something, looked at Ferdinand in surprise and said, "Your Excellency, are you planning to use economic means to deal with the national question?" ”

Seeing that Konstantin saw it, Ferdinand did not deny it, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is just an experiment, it is good if it succeeds, it doesn't matter if it fails, it just adds an overhead." As long as 1 in 10 people remain, we don't lose money! ”

One sentence above, broken leg below. Ferdinand gave a big strategy, even if it was over, he would continue to discuss life with the girls.

However, the introduction of labor is definitely not as simple as imagined, and the number is still so large. Even in those days, governments did not strictly supervise the private sector, and they did not need to apply for visas.

It takes a lot of effort to send tens of thousands of people to foreign countries. There is also food, clothing, housing and transportation all the way, which need to be carefully organized and arranged.

Konstantin took over the task, and the government was running around it, and it was so busy that many people's vacations were canceled.

Even the Ministry of Education, which has always been relatively quiet, is now starting to look for teachers. There is no need for a cultural level, as long as you know a few more languages. Even so, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, whether you can get enough depends on luck.

Minister Metyev, I'm in a bad mood right now. Since Ferdinand decided to bring in laborers, it was first the government that organized the recruitment of people, and then the unscrupulous capitalists joined in. That's a variety of tricks, and all kinds of tricks and abductions are used.

Austria-Hungary and Russia have not yet felt it, and the surrounding neighbors planted seedlings first. Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and the Ottoman embassies in Bulgaria have all sent people to protest.

Fortunately, in this era, everyone doesn't care about the lives and deaths of the poor, otherwise diplomatic pressure alone will be enough for Ferdinand to have a headache.

As the party that is responsible for the loss, Minister Metyev had to apologize and give a large number of red envelopes. After all the efforts, it was finally reluctantly settled, and now something happened again.